AFFRONT, AFFRONTED
ADJECTIVES
► AFFRONTOUS full of affront; insulting; hostile → 1598 obs.
► BEGRUMPLED affronted; displeased → 1790 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► BAFFLE affront, disgrace → 1645 obs.
► KING’S ELEVATOR an extreme affront, putdown, or disappointment → 20C US sl.
► ROYAL SCREW an extreme affront, putdown, or disappointment → 20C US sl.
► ROYAL SHAFT an extreme affront, putdown, or disappointment → 20C US sl.
► TASH affront, a reproach; disgrace → 1709 Sc.
VERBS
► BEARD to affront; to defy, to oppose or confront a person openly, boldly, or insolently → 1476
► CAG to affront; to irritate; to annoy; to anger → 1801 Eng. dial.
► MIFF to affront; to offend, to give offense to; to take offense; to pout → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAKE MIFF to be affronted, to take offense → 1750 Eng. dial.
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